[ebooktalk] Re: CURRENT READING
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:11:20 +0100
Davud
The Railway detective series was the one that attracted me to Edward Marston
but they are not his best (well at least so far). The Elizabethan theatre
books featuring Nicholas Bracewell are much more alive.
Steve
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I have read Edward Marston and I think the books had a railway theme.
David
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Thank you, Steve; I don't know the Edward Marston so shall look into them.
Thank you,
Elaine
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Hi
I have just finished the first of Edward Marston's Elizabethan Theatre
detective novels. A short but very enjoyable book. Marston is a curious
author he has written several series of crime and detection books each set
in a different historic period against a different professional background.
I was put off reading him for some time as I feared that they might be
formula books - one crime set against different backgrounds. However, I have
found this not to be the case. Each series is well researched and the crimes
are appropriate to their time and place. Well worth reading if you want
something quick and fairly light.
For my reading group I have just started Hardy's Wessex tales. Looking at
the contents I think I have read or heard dramatized versions of each of the
stories. Seeing what the accumulative effect of them all will be
interesting. Not sure how the discussion will go on this one.
Apart from the Hardy all my other sources seem to be coming up with
detectives. I've got the third Ann Perry, William Pitt book and one of Donna
Leon venetian mysteries. I might have to hunt for something different as
handling two detectives at a time can get a bit confusing.
Steve
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